The NICD reports 5,644 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,770,575. This increase represents a 17.6% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 235 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81,830 to date.
16,426,011 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 8,965,067 | 55% | 11,252 | 35% |
| Public | 7,460,944 | 45% | 20,788 | 65% |
| Total | 16,426,011 | 32,040 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (35%), followed by Western Cape and Eastern Cape (16%) each. Free State accounted for 10%; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga accounted for 6% each; North West accounted for 3%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 29 Aug 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 29 Aug 2021 | New cases on 30 Aug 2021 | Total cases for 30 Aug 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 266,349 | 0 | 266,349 | 931 | 267,280 | 9.6 |
| Free State | 147,421 | 0 | 147,421 | 552 | 147,973 | 5.3 |
| Gauteng | 904,590 | 6 | 904,596 | 343 | 904,939 | 32.7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 476,193 | 0 | 476,193 | 1,982 | 478,175 | 17.3 |
| Limpopo | 119,719 | 5 | 119,724 | 44 | 119,768 | 4.3 |
| Mpumalanga | 144,084 | 3 | 144,087 | 327 | 144,414 | 5.2 |
| North West | 142,850 | -16 | 142,834 | 170 | 143,004 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 80,666 | 0 | 80,666 | 392 | 81,058 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 483,059 | 2 | 483,061 | 903 | 483,964 | 17.5 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 2,764,931 | 0 | 2,764,931 | 5,644 | 2,770,575 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 5 644) is lower than yesterday (n= 7 740) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 10 281). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 291 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions to Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 255 | 191,016 | 34,808 | 5,994 |
| Public | 409 | 216,400 | 52,643 | 6,879 |
| TOTAL | 664 | 407,416 | 87,451 | 12,873 |
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